The Evolution of a Goblin to the Peak

"We've arrived."

Lumilia said as she looked at the huge gate in front of her. People were lining up to enter the country called the Eternal Empire.

"It's been a while since we've left this place."

Bryan said, and Lynn nodded her head. The three of them came here to the Eternal Empire to become students at one of its most famous academies, the Liven Academy. In this academy, most of the students have great potential.

There were dozens of departments in this academy. Potioneering, blacksmithing, mage, etc. but the three of them will enter different departments. They decided to focus on their specialties.

Lynn will enter the support department, Lumilia will enter the mage department, and Bryan will enter the brawler department.

"I can't wait to fight those strong students that they boasted about!" Bryan said with an excited expression. The wounds that he received when he fought Kin at Ladros City have healed.

"Bryan, don't get too excited..."

A voice sounded behind the three. It was coming from their teacher, Bargan Hevifield. He was the one who fought several officers who had the power of blessings, yet he still managed to defeat most of them.

Bargan came here with them. Since the institute was under construction and a lot of teachers have been killed, it has stopped functioning for now. The principal of the Ladros Institute decided to recover their strength first before they started their operation.

Well, a lot of forces were vying at the Ladros Institute. The faculty members and corps guards were being recruited, and the principal was doing his best to prevent it.

"I can't help it. Just thinking about how many powerful students could fight me already gives me chills."

Bryan said with a wide smile on his face.

Bargan sighed and looked at Lumilia. He asked, "What about you, Lumilia? Have you finished settling your problem regarding your legion?"

"Yes, teacher. I left the management to Jeanne at the headquarters. She's currently the second strongest member of the legion at headquarters, so she's suitable for it. We can't leave it to Senior Yanagi, as I don't know what will happen to the legion if I leave the management to her," Lumilia said. She wouldn't leave if she hadn't settled everything in the legion.

She promised Souta that he could leave it to her, so she will fulfill it. Also, she ordered a batch of transmission talismans and gave it to Jeanne so that Jeanne could contact her if a problem occurred.

Jeanne was a B-rank powerhouse. She was also their senior at the institute. Aside from that, she was the vice president of Souta's fan club, so she has experience handling organizations. Although a fan club can't be compared to a legion, it's still better than nothing. If she encountered a problem that she didn't know how to solve, she would contact Lumilia for advice.

"Yanagi's personality isn't suitable for managing an organization. She's too impulsive and will jump at anyone that provokes her." Bargan nodded his head.

"You still have a month before you start your classes, so I will train the three of you this month." Bargan paused for a moment before he added, "After that, I will finish some business that the principal gave me in this country."

"As I thought, the teacher wouldn't come with us simply because he wanted to train us. You had important business here regarding the recovery of the Ladros Institute, right, teacher?" Lumilia said as she glanced at Bargan.

Bargan simply smiled and didn't say anything about his matters in this country. If their organization grew stronger, then perhaps he would tell them about it.

The group entered the country after the guards finished checking their identities. They simply showed their identity cards, and the guards let them in.

"Where's Alea?" Bryan asked as he turned his head left and right. "I thought that she would welcome us."

"She's a princess, so she wouldn't openly welcome us. It will cause a commotion, so she will disguise herself first like she did before, " Lumilia said to Bryan.

The first thing that they needed to do was let the academy know that they had safely arrived so that the management could arrange their classes.

Bargan looked at the three of them. 'They are really becoming more independent. Especially Lumilia, she changed ever since that event in Gripin City,' he thought.

He then opened his mouth and said, "I'm going to check our things in the inn that we've reserved. So you three can go to the academy and finish your business there. I will start training the three of you tomorrow, so don't forget it."

As soon as he finished saying those words, Bargan turned around and left while waving his hand.

"Thank you, teacher!" Lumilia and Lynn said this to Bargan as they slightly bowed their heads.

Lumilia and Lynn looked at each other. "Should we go now?" Lumilia asked, and Lynn nodded her head in agreement.

The three went in the direction of the Liven Academy, one of the most powerful schools in this country.

...

Bargan was inside an exquisite room. His arms were crossed in front of his chest, and he had a calm expression while facing the group of people in front of him.

The group in front of him was made up of high-ranking officials of the Eternal Empire. All of them looked young and handsome, even though most of them were seventy years old.

They were elves, and their lifespan was three times longer than that of ordinary humans.

Bargan opened his mouth and asked, "You've heard the news, right?"

"About the Listen Wastes?" The official in the middle raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, the demons from folklore have finally appeared. They destroyed a large country in the blink of an eye. They had powerful god-level powerhouses and forced three god-level of Listen Wastes to retreat. In the end, two out of three god-level sacrifice themselves to create a barrier to isolate the demons in Listen Wastes." Bargan said to the officials of the Eternal Empire.

"Yeah, we all know about it, so what do you want from us?" One of the officials nodded and asked.

"The Listen Wastes are quite far from us, but I suggested that we form an army that specializes in dealing with the demons." Bargan paused for a moment before he added, "We will not bring the battle into our country. Instead, we will fight them in Haunted Woods, Heretic's Dynasty, Fort Anvi, the Lion's Kingdom, or the Alea Republic. As long as it isn't in our territory, we will make it."

"Yeah, you are right. After all, no one wanted to make their own territory a battlefield," one of the officials nodded his head.

"Actually, this alliance was proposed by Zomus country. We decided to accept it as it is beneficial to us, so we sent out some people to negotiate with other large countries." Bargan paused, and he added in a grave tone, "If we don't work together, we will not be able to defeat the demon army."

"The demon army that could defeat a large country easily is hard to deal with. Everyone knew it, but the large country didn't want to initiate forming an alliance with other large countries because of their past grudges," the officials on the left side said seriously. He was one of the top commanders of the Eternal Empire's army.

"That's why we're willing to put down grudges and cooperate with other large countries," Bargan said. The Hebrei Kingdom had enemies in the past, but the country survived. That's why it became a large country.

...

A man with messy black hair was walking through the streets of the ruined Ladros City. He was wearing a long, dark blue cloak, and his hands were inside his pockets.

Those who knew him would instantly flee. Unfortunately, only a few people knew of the appearance of the Zodiac Leo.

He looked at the sky and wondered where that little goblin was that he had seen before. According to his investigation, that goblin was living in a city, and everyone didn't know that he was a little monster.

What an interesting story...

Leo was amused when he found out about this. Also, that little monster was dealing with different problems left and right. Nobles and criminals. He settled everything using that small power of his.

No one managed to discover that little goblin's identity. If there's a god here, then they would instantly feel that Souta was a monster, not a human or demi. They had the power to recognize every creature's race with just a single glance.

"Sub-world...? Let's see what kind of world it is..."

While he was deep in his thoughts, a woman bumped into his shoulder.

Thud!

Leo reacted by grabbing the woman's wrist. He looked at the woman and saw her haggard appearance. She was breathing heavily and had wounds on her arms.

"L-let me go... They are coming for me..." The woman said it in a coarse voice.

Leo raised his eyebrows as he turned his head into an alley. He loosened his grip on the woman's wrist, and the woman quickly ran away.

Watching the back of the woman, Leo slowly walked towards the alley, and there were two demis out here. The two demis had an imposing aura as they had a pair of white horns on their heads.

"Why didn't you hold that woman, huh?!"

One of them said this as they walked toward Leo with heavy feet. They saw that Leo didn't stop and just kept walking towards them, so they pulled back their hands and threw a punch.

Swoosh!

Leo looked at the two men. Suddenly, the two men's bodies expanded before they exploded, turning their bodies into a bloody mist.

"Really, this is the reason why I don't recruit ordinary criminals into Zodiacs. They are too arrogant."